(R.J. Matson/CQ Roll Call/CagleCartoons.com)THE TRUMPIAN revolution has claimed another victim, writes The Washington Post’s Michael Scherer. In this case, that would be House Speaker Paul D. Ryan, who announced Wednesday that he would not run for reelection. The Wisconsin Republican’s decision to hit the exit represents “a bright distress flare illuminating the seriousness of the predicament into which President Trump has plunged his party,” says The Post’s Karen Tumulty. Her Opinions colleague Dana Milbank writes that Ryan abandons ship right as “the party he leads is on course for a drubbing, and possibly a historic drubbing” come the midterms. Here is a sampling of how cartoonists across America are rendering judgment:DARRIN BELL (WPWG):KEVIN SIERS (Charlotte Observer):RICK McKEE (Augusta Chronicle):CHRISTOPHER WEYANT (Boston Globe):LISA BENSON (WPWG):Read more:How Trump is reacting to the FBI raid and Mueller probe, according to cartoons

Source: Washington Post April 12, 2018 12:57 UTC